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“It seemed brutally unfair that love did not follow the same laws of balance that nature did. Love could be offered but spurned; longed for but unrequited. Love could simply end—in heartbreak or triumph or slow, dull fade.” —Fia, A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene

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“Nothing about war, or the aftermath, is kind.” —Violet Sorrengail “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros

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“Sometimes, I don’t think we know what we’re made of until the worst moment possible happens. Then we must decide who we truly are and what is most important to us. I think we’re often surprised by what we become.” —Iris E. Winnow “Ruthless Vows” by Rebecca Ross

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“Every day there is a choice to keep going, to face the future head-on or not. Every day, there is a choice to be honest with yourself or lie. One will be the hardest thing you’ve ever done, and the other easier, but there is always the opportunity for choice if you don’t take the easiest path.” —Holland, “A Fire in the Flesh” by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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“No…don’t you think like that. Don’t try to double back and say if only we’d done this or that. Choices were made and right or wrong they can’t be unmade.” —The Girl in Red by Christina Henry

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“She loved him, and love wasn’t always patient and kind and selfless. It wasn’t always the warm glow of tenderness.

Love was, she was learning, sometimes grasping and greedy. Sometimes it was a fierce and hollow burning at the base of her throat, a bright hard thing that made her choke and stutter. Sometimes it frightened her just as much as it pleased her.” —Looking Glass by Christina Henry

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“Once you have a task to do, it’s better to do it than live with the fear of it.” —A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie

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“Being unbiased is important. Not every woman is me.” —Meredith, “Local Woman Missing” by Mary Kubica

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“Anything can happen. Depending on the day and our serotonin levels, this is either a promise or a threat. Around the corner there may be a new opportunity, new love, a great sale on the dress in our size and color. There may be a disaster, sickness, your sworn enemy right behind you in line on the day you decide “fuck it” and wear your crocs and sweats to the market.” —Bad Vibes Only, by Nora McInerny

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“Strength training makes you hard to kill, cardio makes you hard to catch.” —Betina Gozo

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“Everything that dies never really goes. In little ways, it all stays.” —Xavier Day, “The Dead Romantics” by Ashley Poston

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“She blamed herself and hated herself and punished herself because that’s what women are taught to do. Blame themselves. Blame the victims…No one tells women that none of it is their fault. That the blame falls squarely on the awful men who do terrible things and the fucked-up society that raises them, molds them, makes excuses for them. People don’t want to admit that there are monsters in their midst, so the monsters continue to roam free and the cycle of violence and blame continues.” —Charlie, “Survive the Night” by Riley Sager

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“‘Where did women get the idea that there’s something wrong with them if they don’t fight when a man hits them? If they’re paralyzed with shock and disbelief? If they take time to react?94 if they decide not to react—that it’s best to just wait it out?’

‘Every movie where a woman gets attacked, and the audience dismisses her if she doesn’t fight back.’

‘It’s not just movies. It’s every judge and defense attorney and jury member who wonders why she didn’t fight. Unless she kills him. Then they wonder why she fought so hard…whatever you did was the right thing Kennedy. I’m just very very sorry.’”—Cursed Luck by Kelley Armstrong

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“You do not know how fast you have been running, how hard you have been working, how truly exhausted you are, until someone stands behind you and says, ‘it’s okay, you can fall down now. I’ll catch you.’” - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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“Everyone needs things that serve no greater purpose than to make them happy.” -William Thorne, “A Stitch in Time” by Kelley Armstrong

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“I did not know I was lonely, until I was no longer alone.” -Vasilisa, “The Girl in the Tower” by Katherine Arden

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“Who do you want to be? Isn’t that what all decisions come down to?” -Christopher Paolini, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (paraphrased)